I like to invite our advisory board members to speak to class and share their knowledge for the industry that they represent. The students gain from it and it makes the board member feel recognized. I also plan on inviting my board members to graduation and also to social events that we may have at the school. I also agree with Linda and can not wait until our students get to their Career Focus class II so that I can set up mock interviews with the board memebers and hopefully my students will obtain employment through some of our members. I am excited about my next next board meeting so that I can implement some of the things I have learned in this course.
Linda,
This is a great example of how to maintain the effectiveness of an advisory board. Thank you for this contribution.
R. Roehrich
Since we are an automotive school, most of our advisory are service managers from automotive dealerships,therefore mock interviews with students is a great way to keep them involved. It will also help to place some of the students in part-time positions. This will help to keep the members of the board feeling valadated and important. When someone feels this way it will make them want to continue to come to meetings.
Teri,
I hope you have gained some insight into ways to “build attendance†in addition to enhancing the effectiveness of your advisory board. If you use the processes and strategies presented throughout the course, I would expect theta your meetings will be more effective and productive. Good Luck!
R. Roehrich
I really like the idea of building block seminars that was presented. Once I am able to build attendance, that may be a way to encourage ongoing participation. My advisory committee meets only twice per year, but I think the concept might work with just a brief review of the previous segment at the beginning of the meeting.
